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Tobac City Motors'AssetswAcquired By Lee Motor Co.chirrLee Motor Co., Inc. of Elm City has acquired all assets of Tobacco City Motors, Inc. of Wilson, according to James L. Lee, president of the Elm City Ford dealership.Lee said the company’s Elm City operations will be phased out and combined with the newly acquired Wilson facilities at Herring Ave. and Lipscomb Road. The new company will be known as Ix;e Motor Co., Inc.Included in the assets of Tobacco City Motors is a Mercury automobile franchise.The Wilson Ford dealership was acquired by J. C. Bradley Sr. in 1953 and he served as president of Tobacco City Motors until its sale. The Elm City dealership was obtained by LeeClt;edbi!ocWlct\HHialthsoSee LEE MOTOR Page 2The combined operation will rank Lee Motor Company 19th in size among the 150 dealerships in Ford's Richmond district which includes Virginia and the eastern and northern portions of North Carolina.J (til IIHowe j\oLee said the transaction was completed Tuesday. He declined to disclose the purchase price.School MJames C. Bradley Jr., vice president and general manager of Tobacco City Motors, will lerve as general manager of the combined dealership.WASHLNGTON (.•VP)— TheCarl T. Hicks will be sales manager; Bruce Brice, assistant sales manager; and Mrs. Hester II. Tyson, secretary-treasurer of the company, will be office manager.Lee said approximately 30 persons are employed by the company in Elm City and 35 in Wilson. He said no change in total employment is anticipated.administration has taken enforcement of federal desegregation guidelines for schools out of the hands of the Office of Education, the target of heavy criticism from Southern lawmakers.But Secretary John W. Gardner of the Department of Health Education ami Welfare told a news conference Wednesday the change — asked by Congress a year ago — will not affect prosecution of the Civil Rights Act in either schools or hospitals.assamcrfrlt;in:sitfoiteisicmlt;bachfic
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Wilson Daily Times
Wilson, North Carolina, US
Thu, May 11, 1967
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